Re: Head up - NASA TV.

In article <fpmp1h$phr$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, A.Clews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
says...
Thus spake Martin (me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) unto the assembled multitudes:

Yebbut that was only there to protect the launch pad and the vehicle itself
until it has cleared the tower. After that the sound then hits the
assembled spectators a few miles down the road. The shuttle's sound is
pretty amazing itself; the Saturn V would have been bloody awesome.

yebbut nobut, truebut, what was the extra sound proofing that was added
according to the OP?

I don't recall seeing anything when I was there. Maybe they were baffles
or something. They may well have been removed since anyway; the last
Saturn V launch was after all some 35 years ago (Skylab).




According to Wikipedia it was gallons of water pumped into the base of the
launch pad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_IV

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